NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte acknowledged that some member states disappointed the US by not granting access for operations against Iran, but called the cases isolated and stressed many others did provide overflight and basing rights, according to a foreign affairs desk briefing cited by N12.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte acknowledged that some member states disappointed the United States during the military campaign against Iran by refusing to allow the US to use their territory, but stressed that the number of such countries was small and many others did grant access. His remarks, reported by N12's foreign affairs desk, seek to manage internal alliance friction following the US-Iran conflict. The statement comes as public and diplomatic assessments of the war's outcome remain deeply divided — the alliance itself has faced criticism from Western sources who compare the US outcome in Iran to the Vietnam humiliation. Rutte's framing suggests NATO leadership sees the access issue as a manageable, limited problem rather than a crisis of alliance cohesion.
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